The leader of the Sadrist movement in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced the postponement of the demonstrations on Saturday until further notice, while maintaining the sit-in until the demands are met.
Muqtada al-Sadr said in a tweet on Twitter that he announces the postponement of the demonstrations on Saturday until further notice, in order to thwart what he called the malicious schemes that bet on the "civil war."
Al-Sadr stressed that the people will maintain their sit-in until their demands are achieved, and demanded that the protests be maintained.
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- Muqtada al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr (@Mu_AlSadr) August 16, 2022
The Sadrist movement had called for a "million" demonstration in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, and Saleh al-Iraqi - who is close to Muqtada al-Sadr - said via Twitter that this united demonstration from all provinces aimed at supporting Iraq for reform and saving the rest of it.
The sit-in of supporters of the coordination framework is still continuing at the suspension bridge leading to the Green Zone in central Baghdad, and tents were set up on Friday evening at the end of a demonstration in which thousands participated, and the coordination framework said that the sit-in comes "in defense of legitimacy."